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The Lone Star Project premiered this video at its rollicking Sunday afternoon event at Hill Country Barbecue in downtown Washington. Texas Democrats haven’t had a lot to cheer about in recent years. As San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro is quick to remind you, the political score in Texas is 29-0. In favor of the Republicans. …

Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, said a questionable 7,000 ballots turned up last minute on Election Day and might have lead to his defeat.

“Did I lose because of that? I can’t say that. You never heard a peep out of me. Never heard a peep out of me,” Sessions said. “I don’t think it was discrimination. I think it was a violation of the law.”

Katherine Culliton-González, one of the authors of the report, explained to the Houston Chronicle that the reason the report accounted for all eligible Hispanic voters is that these laws and purges “not only affect people are directly impacted,” but rather they have “discriminatory effect on the community.” …

“I say, you know, it is only in the beltway, in this weird bubble of Washington that it’s considered extreme not to want to bankrupt our country. In the rest of the America, just about every American understands living within your means is basic common sense,” Ted Cruz told Ginni Thomas of The Daily Caller. …

In an interview with MSNBC, the Houston Democrat said that budget cuts proposed by the Republican ticket would specifically harm African Americans, singling out proposed GOP cuts to Pell grants, Medicare, unemployment insurance and infrastructure. …

In this week’s political cartoons:Texas Voter ID law was struck down as unfair to Latinos, racial minorities and the poor, while the rest of the nation was stuck watching the Republican infomercials … errr, National Convention. …

Rick Perry was everywhere in Tampa, trying to remain in the spotlight but tamp down the talks of a presidential run in 2016. Meanwhile Texan delegates and Ron Paul continue to make headlines. Check out top convention headlines featuring the Lone Star State. …

Republican supporters of state Voter ID laws won a big court victory yesterday when a Pennsylvania judge upheld the Keystone State’s strict new law requiring voters to show photo identification or certain specific documents before being permitted to vote. …